Stocking-supporter



(No Model.)

G. CAMPBELL.

STOCKING SUPPORTER,

Patented Mar. 18, 188 4.

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GER-TRUDE CAMPBELL,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 295,146, dated March 18, 1884.

Application filed September 1, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat I, GERTRUDE CAMPBELL, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful ImprovementsinStockingfiupportersforChildren; and I do hereby declare that the follow ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a stockingsupporter for children which is so constructed as to conform to the shape of the body and hips, and at the same time be able to yield to and equalize any undue strain. This I accomplish by making the shoulderstraps of one piece of non-elastic web, which describes a V in the back, and has its ends in frontconnectedbyanelasticcross-strap. From the ends of the shoulderstrap, and from the vertex of the'\! formed inthe back depend mence at a point immediately under the false ribs of the body, and,passing thence over the shoulders, pursue an oblique course to a common point, I), opposite the backbone of the wearer, just below the horizontal plane of the ends of said strap, thus forming the V hereinbefore mentioned. The ends of the shoulder-strap are connected by the elastic crossstrap B, which, while preventing the said shoulder-straps from working outward off the shoulders, accommodates any lateral strain on the ends of said strap A. Secured and extending slightly outward and downward at about an angle of twenty degrees from each end of the shoulder-strap is a non'elastic web, G, which is provided with a buckle, c, on its lower end, and extending obliquely outward in the back by the shoulder-strap are the straps D, about the same length as straps C, which they cross near their ends, which latter are likewise provided with buckles c. .The angle at which strap C is connected to the shoulder-strap enables it to fit the body about the hips comfortably. Secured in the buckles c on the ends of the straps C and D are the elastic webs E, all of the same length, and having secured on their lower ends the clasps F. It is apparent that within the range of the length of the elastic strap E it is adjustable vertically by the buckle c, and thus can, if desired, avoid any slack.

My stocking supporter is so constructed that no inconvenience is experienced because of the straps working off the shoulders or because of an undue strain on one side or the other. If there is a lateral strain,it is accommodated by the cross-strap, whereas if it is a vertical strain it is accommodated by both the cross strap and strap E.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the shoulderstraps connected at the point shown in the back, an elastic breast-strap connecting the front ends of the said shoulder-straps, the straps 0, secured at an angle to the front ends of the same, and the straps D, connected to the back ends thereof, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the strap A, straps Gand D, straps E, and clasps F,of the elastic front cross-strap B.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I hereunto affix my signature in pres-- ence of two witnesses.

GER'I'RL'DE CAMPBELL.

Witnesses:

E. H. CAMPBELL, FRANK D. TnoTL-isorr.

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